Non-compulsory expenditures

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The major part of the EU budget, on which the European Parliament had the last word on expenditures within the limits of a certain amount. Is also called non-obligatory expenditures. 

The Lisbon Treaty abolished the differentiaten between obligatory and non-obligatory expenditures. The European Parliament now has the last word on the full budget.

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See also Budget and Compulsory expenditures.